US denies intervening in case of Israeli official accused of Nevada sex crime

The U.S. State Department said on Monday the American government played no role in the release of an Israeli official charged with soliciting sex electronically from a minor.
Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was one of eight people charged last week following an undercover operation “targeting child sex predators,” the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said in a statement issued last week.
Alexandrovich faces a felony charge of luring or attempting to lure a child or mentally ill person to commit a sex act “with use of computer technology,” according to Nevada State court records reviewed by Reuters.
Israeli media said on Thursday Alexandrovich, who they described as a senior department head in Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, was released by U.S. authorities and is back in Israel.
The report that an Israeli official accused of a felony sex crime was allowed to return home drew a storm of speculation online.